8:17 PM,
Nov. 9, 2013

Geno Atkins (97) is helped off the field by Jermaine Gresham (84) and Alex Smith. How many more Bengals will be lost before season's end?

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Geno Atkins made a cameo in the Bengals locker room Wednesday, on crutches. The bulky brace on his right knee gave him a mechanical-man appearance. He said he'd rather not talk about it, which was fine. What needed to be said?

The NFL is a mess. It has players bullying teammates, a player up on murder charges, another player subpoenaed in that same murder case and a player who just quit in midseason because he couldn't take the life anymore. It has retired players walking around like zombies, trying to remember why they're in their car, and where they're supposed to be going. Trying to remember, you ...